jpdb beta

all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost

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make; workmanship; preparation

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how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

1

contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

2

Buddhist priest; monk; boy

1

Chinese design; Chinese style; traditional architecture associated with Zen

1

strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

6

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

1

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

1

I told you so; you see that?

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a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose

1

money

1

wild silkworm

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borrower; debtor; tenant

2

ant

10

line; queue; procession; matrix

1

early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

3

to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)

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more than usual (usu. time)

1

sleeping late in the morning

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close-fitting trousers; long underwear

1

tucking up the hem of one's garments

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

1

everything one does; whatever one does

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

2

flood of customers; roaring business

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

2

bid; tender; bidding

2

Jirobee

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one load

1

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

2

to go mad

3

being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

2

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

1

to throw into

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to alternate; to take turns

1

lookout; watch

1

to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

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kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

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mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); letter; character

2

to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)

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person of importance; a someone; absolutely; certainly; to be sure

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Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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